Cleaner

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**_ If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group - so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG_**

**Job Title: Cleaner**

**Location: The Grange Therapeutic School, Knossington, Oakham LE15 8LY**

**Salary: £13,997.49 per annum**

**Hours: 22.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 12.00pm - 4.30pm**

**Contract: Permanent, Term Time plus Two Weeks**

**UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.**

**As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Cleaner to join our close-knit team at The Grange Therapeutic School, part of Acorn Education.**

**Purpose of Role**
- To provide a high standard of hygiene and cleanliness throughout the Education sites as per a cleaning schedule
- Perform a variety of regular and one-off cleaning tasks and duties as directed by their supervisor/line manager.
- This person will be responsible to the Estates Manager

**Key Outcomes**:

- Ensure all areas of the sites are kept clean, safe and tidy in accordance with hygiene health and safety standards.

**Tasks**:

- To work with the Domestic Team and Estate Manager to manage the housekeeping and cleaning budgets.
- To potentially assist serving lunches to our young people
- To work with the Estate Manager to fulfil the health and safety requirements for the school.

**Responsibilities**:

- Conform to Hygiene, Health and Safety Standards and key requirements.

**For a full list of Duties and Responsibilities, please see the Job Description**

**About Us**

The Grange Therapeutic School is an independent school for students aged 8 -18 years with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. Our school is based in a Victorian country house near Oakham with stunning views and fantastic facilities to develop not only the educational, but also the social and emotional needs of our pupils. With access to woods and lakes on site, the school has an ethos about delivering a personalised curriculum tailored to, and driven by, the individuals. Behaviour is currently rated as “Outstanding” by Ofsted.

We need hardworking, pupil centred staff who are resilient and willing to go the extra mile. In return we offer significant investment in your professional development, a supportive staff group and opportunities for progression.

Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

**Why join Acorn Education?**

**Benefits**

**Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including**:

- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

**And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including**:

- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover
- Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

**And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.**

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